Improvement in putting up smoking-tobacco



L1. MALLET.

Tobacco Pipe Cartridge. A No. 38,052. Patented March 31, 1863.

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EDY/YARD J. MALLETT, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

IMPROVEMENT IN PUTTING UP SMOKING-TOBACCO.

Specification forming part oi' Letters Patent No. 38,052, dated March l, 1863.

To all whom t may concern:

Beit known that I, EDWARD J. MALLETT, of the city, county, and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Mode of Putting up Smokingflobaceo, and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear,

, diation of the fire in all directions therefrom,

the objects thereby obtained being economy,

, convenience, and cleanliness.

Figure l in the drawings is a side view of one of my tobacco-cartridges. Fig. 2 is a central vertical section of my invention. Fig. 3 represents the piece of paper of which the capsule or cartridge case is made. Fig. 4 represents the paper folded and formed into a tube. Fig. 5 is a side view, partly in section, of the principal portion of the apparatus for making the cartridges. Fig. 6 is a side view of the same portion of the apparatus without the cup in which the cartridge is formed. Fig. 7 is a longitudinal central section of the plunger, which serves the purposes of giving the capsules or cases the proper form for the reception of the tobacco, of pressing the tobacco into them, and of finishing off the cartridges when closed.

A, Figs. l and 2, is the capsule or case of paper inclosing the charge a of tobacco, and combining therewith to make the cartridge, the form of which may be that of an inverted cone, as represented, or of a cylinder, according to the shape of the pipe in which it is to be used.

b is the central hole extending right through the cartridge and tapering upward. Thelower portion of this hole b is widened in the form of an inverted funnel, to make the cavity c for the reception of the wad d, of loose raw cotton, which is to absorb the essential oil or other liquid matter eliminated from the tobacco in smoking.

B, Figs. 5 and 6, is a base of wood or other material, having secured in it in an upright position a sharp-pointed taperpin, e, at the bottom of whicl1,and concentric with it, is a cy-Y lindrical boss, f, the pin projecting above the said boss to a length about equal to or greater than the depth ofthe cartridges to be made.

G, Fig. 5, is a cup of wood or metal, theforin of whose interior corresponds with theintended form of the exterior of the cartridge, pref erably that of an inverted frustum of a cone. The bottom of this eup is of suitable conical or substantially similar convex form to produce the cavity c in the bottom of the cartridge, and in the eenterof it is an opening of suitable size to iit the pin e when the cup rests on the top of the boss f, and below this bottom there is formed a socket, y, to fit to the exterior of the boss f, upon which it is placed, to holdthe cup in position for the filling and finishing of the cartridge.

The plunger E, Fig. 7, made of wood or other material, has one end, a oz., made of a form to fit exactly to the sides and bottom of the cup C, and is bored centrally, as shown at h, for the reception of the pin e. The other end, p, of the said plunger is formed to iit in the mouth of t-he cup, and has a central hole, t, for the reception of the pin c, and is also slightly countersunk in such a manner as to produce a sharp edge, j, all round.

To make the capsules A, pieces of paper are out of the form shown in Fig. 3, or of a form substantially the same, and each, after having paste, gum, or other suitable adhesive material applied along one edge, as indicated in red tint in Fig. 3, is folded over a suitable flat former in the lines 7: 7s and ZZ, the part outside of the lines Z Z forming a lap, m, as shown, and adhering to the part on which it laps. W'hen the lap is dry, the paper, now in the form of a tube or bottomless bag, is placed on the lower portion, n a, of the plunger F, which iits the cup C C, and pushed tightly over it, and its lower edges are turned into thewide mouth of the hole h. The plunger, with the paper upon it, is then placed in the cup C, which is placed over the pin e and boss f, as shown in Fig. 5, and the plunger drawn out, leaving the paperlin the cup, as shown in red outline in that figure. The proper quantity of cut or granulated tobacco is then poured into the paper around the pin e, and rammed down with the end p of the plunger. The upc per edges of the paper are then folded over and pressed down by reapplying the end p of the plunger with a suitable pressure. I generally propose, after folding over the upper edges of the paper, to cover them Withasmall circular piece of paper having its lower surface covered with adhesive materiahwhich by the last application of the plunger is made to secure the said edges; but this may not be absolutely necessary. The capsule being closed up, the cartridge is complete, the central hole,

I), having been formed'by the pin e, and the cavity c by the con'vex or conical bottom of the cup. 'Io remove the cartridge from the cup, the cup is removed from the boss f and pushed down upon the point of a blunt pin, t, Which enters the hole in the bottom of the cup and pushes out the cartridge. The Wad of cotton d may then be inserted or not, as may be desired; but I prefer always to use the Wad.

'Ilo use the cartridge, it is placed in the pipe, which should be preferably so formed as to leave a space between its bottom and the bottom of the cartridge, and on the pipe being placed in the mouth the smoker applies re to the hole b, While he draws in his breath7 and the tobacco having been ignited at the center, the re spreads quickly outward and ignites the Whole upper surface of the charge. In smoking it burns regularly gradually downward until every particle has been consumed without Waste, and the essential oil or liquid matter containing nicotine eliminated in-the.

process isr collected in the wad when the latter is used. rIhe pipe is then inverted and shaken,

and the bottom of the capsule and the Wad Y drop out, leaving the pipe clean.

One advantage of this invention consists in its utilizing much of the stock Which is generally wasted in the tobacco manufacture, being too fine or small to` be made into cigars or smokedloosely in a pipe. Another advantage consists in the convenience it affords for filling the pipe. Another is that there is none Wasted in filling or by being left unconsumed at the bottom of the pipe. Another is that an easy and regular draft is insured; and with the use of the Wad d the liquid matters eliminated are prevented from either collecting in and fouling the pipe-stem or from entering the mouth and producing unpleasant and deleterious effects.

,I will remark that, instead of the cartridge being perforated all through, it may be perforated partly through from the bottom and partly from the top, the two perforations not quite meeting-in the center of the cartridge.

Vhat I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is`

A tobacco-cartridge consisting of a charge of tobacco of proper quantity for a pipe, put up in a paper capsule, and perforated ce1itrally either entirely or partly through, substantially as herein specified.A

E. J. MALLETT. Witnesses:

M. S. PARTRIDGE, DANIEL RonnRTsoN. 

